User manual ARCHOS AV500

[. . . ] 1 ARCHOSTM MOBILE VIDEO RECORDER AV 500 SERIES Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Wallet & Viewer / USB 2. 0 Hard Drive English Language User Manual User Manual for ARCHOSTM AV 500 series Version 2. 5 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product 1 2 Dear Customer, ARCHOSTM thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 500 product. The AV 500 is designed to be the companion to your home entertainment system. You can connect the AV500 to your TV system to record your television shows as well as connect it to your PC to transfer over your favorite photos, videos, and music. By connecting to a computer, you get the advantage of being able to download legal music and video content from the Internet. [. . . ] Each time you use this button to start the Audiocorder application instead of the AudioCorder button on the main menu, you set the recording default location to the current folder. For example, let's say you have a folder called /Music/Vinyls/Soul. If you go to this folder and then make a recording using the action icon, you will set the default record location to this folder. Now, all your recordings you make with the Audiocorder icon will be saved in the folder /Music/Vinyls/Soul. 13. 4 Audio Editing Audio files (only recordings that were made from the AudioCorder icon) can be modified by deleting the sections you do not wish included. If you would like to edit an audio recording, you have the possibility to cut the file down to the specific part you want to keep. In the example below, you have recorded a lecture of 33 minutes and 22 seconds in length. You would like to cut out and save just one particular important section from 12 minutes and 15 seconds to 21 minutes and 5 seconds. To keep just this section (cropping it), you will: 55 56 · Locate this file via Browse hard disk in the Music application. · From the action icons, select the File Management action icon and then select Edit. · In the edit mode, set the Cut In point (12:15 in our example). Please note: As you have cut part of the file, this position will actually be earlier in the file now). The file will be saved with the word "edit" appended to the file name in the same folder as the original. · If you do not want to save your modifications, click the STOP/ESC button and select OK. Highlight the file to edit and select the File Management action icon. Only files which have been created with the AV 500 recording function will show Edit in the file menu. Once you enter the edit mode, the audio file will play in a continuous loop so that you will be able to hear the changes to the edit as you make them. Use the fast-reverse and fast-forward buttons (LEFT/RIGHT buttons) to locate the points you want the new file to start and end. You will notice that your Cut In and Cut Out times are marked just below the file name. 56 57 14 14 MUSIC ­ Using iTunesTM with your AV 500 The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh® computer and your AV 500 is to use the Macintosh FinderTM to drag and drop the files to and from your Macintosh®. However, for Macintosh® users who do want to use the AV 500 with iTunes®, ARCHOSTM has developed a special i-Tunes® plug-in. You will find it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the AV 500 hard drive or at the ARCHOSTM website. In this folder you will find a plug-in for Mac OS 9. x and another folder for Mac OS 10. x. You will also find a JPEG image illustrating where you need to copy the plug-in to. Once this is done, iTunesTM will recognize the AV 500 as a `Device'. [. . . ] Reduce the volume of your device to a reasonable level to avoid permanent hearing damage. If you hear ringing in your ears, reduce the volume or shut off your device. Other manufactures earphones may produces volume levels higher or lower than the ARCHOSTM delivered earphones. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent, in writing, from ARCHOS. [. . . ]